Layoff/Severance Scenario After eight years as a marketing assistant for the New York office of a large French bank, Sarah Schiffler was told that her job, in a non-revenue producing department was being eliminated. Her choices: She could either be laid off (with eight months severance pay) or stay on and train for the position […]

“Managing Change in Organizations”  Please respond to the following: Determine why change is so difficult for organizations. Propose ways that human resource (HR) specialists can assist in making change easier. Propose two ways that HR can prepare its employees for the changes involved with moving from a domestic assignment to an overseas assignment. Respond and evaluate […]

Future of Human Resource Management” Please respond to the following: Use the Internet or Strayer Library to research three trends in HR. Next, examine the three trends in HR that you researched. Provide probable causes for these trends. Provide probable causes for these trends. Predict how these trends will affect organizations in a single sector […]

Training Costs In 200-250 words, how has technology fostered new cost-effective virtual methods of training? In your view, how must training programs continue to evolve in order to do more with diminished financial resources? Cite at least one scholarly source to support your ideas.   Training and Career Development In 200-250 words, what is HR’s role […]

In chapter four of the text, the authors present eight different topics that have been subject to some type of criminal law reform. Some of them are established reforms; others are still changing with the times. Select one of the eight topics presented in the text, and answer the following questions in the form of […]

“Planning Database Design” Please respond to the following: The proper implementation of a database is essential to the success of the data performance functions of an organization.  Identify and evaluate at least three considerations that one must plan for when designing a database. Suggest at least two types of databases that would be useful for small […]

This module you learned about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how it is going to address three balancing goals within the United States’ health care system: 1.) access, 2.) costs, and 3.) quality. In a 1-2 page paper, please answer the following questions in APA format. Please provide at least 2 examples for each […]

The first of six steps of performance management consists of goal setting, as detailed in Chapter Three. Assume that you work for the Los Angeles Tribune, a large but struggling newspaper publisher with distribution throughout the Los Angeles region. Various problems have arisen that need to be addressed:   The cost of paper is rising […]

This week’s lecture and assigned resources provide us with six images of managing change and each of the images is based on differing assumptions. Select two of the images. Evaluate each image and then compare and contrast the role that the images play within the change process.

Using the Ashford University Library, find an article that reviews an organizational change initiative. Summarize the article and discuss the successes and failures of the change process. Analyze the strategies used for the change process and why they were a success or failure. Use concepts found in our text to support your points.